As always, business trips are not cause for major tours, because like always better around the world and in the office, but not always possible to enjoy the beauties of the city and food specialties of the place. But if you happen to
Bologna, you have a solution far from obvious: the taxi.
certainly are not all equal and you should be lucky enough to meet the taxi that I took myself - No 90 ... I do not remember - alternatively print out this post and hope that I have not forgotten anything.
If arriving by train, take Via Independence
and enjoy this long walk through the downtown shops, if you're lucky you will meet along the way also the market of montagniola, and so far nothing new, but inevitable! You will arrive in Piazza Maggiore
of goodies to be discovered here and there in spades. First ask yourself the center of the square and look around, you're in the only place in Italy (maybe even Europe?) Where you have the visibility of the 5 terrestrial powers: the faith of the people, the state, the monarchy, notaries and traders.
urge to make a clarification here! The Church is located in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna is not the Duomo Cathedral and if you say you know that there is a clear reference to the people of Bologna, Piazza Maggiore, the Church is
the Basilica of San Petronio . Promoted and built by the Church for Bolognesi Bolognesi! The church was built between 1390 and 1659 with the money of the town, the imposing building had become bigger than St. Peter's Church (official Bologna), but the church built next to other buildings in order to limit growth and maintain the primacy of St. Peter in terms of size (and here there would be another good story to Dan Brown).
Linger a moment to admire the Fontana del Nettuno
and find the best angle to give justice to the qualities of Neptune, and if you look at it from the front, in fact, you'll notice that Neptune does not stand for the measures of the State, but if you turn around there's an angle that the optical effect of the projection of the trident seems to increase penis size!
If you are not prone to these stories goliardic, but prefer a more delicate and spiritual know that right next to Piazza Maggiore you can find "
between life and death ... At the end of
Pavaglione , left looking at the Church of San Petronio, found the Church of Santa Maria della Vita and opposite the Hospital of Santa Maria's death (
Palazzo Galvani ).
Finally, I suggest you climb the Torre
Prendiparte ; less famous Tower Donkey (97.20 meters) and lower, but precisely because they lower the tower with its Prendiparte 59.50 meters allows a better view of the city as a whole and much closer.
